Long days of holding the army

After graduating, Nguyen Van Luong, with the rank of Second Lieutenant, assumed the position of Platoon Leader of Platoon 4, Special Reconnaissance Company 1, Reconnaissance Battalion 28, General Staff of the 34th Corps. The management subjects of the Platoon included professional soldiers (QNCN) and non-commissioned officers and soldiers, most of whom were QNCN with much higher age and military age than the Platoon commander. Therefore, when he first took up his job, Platoon Leader Nguyen Van Luong faced a lot of pressure.

Talking to us, Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Van Luong recalled: “The platoon’s staff has very solid professional knowledge and combat techniques. If the commander does not make an effort to research, explore, and have good training methods, it is easy to fall into the situation of “showing off in front of an expert”. But the most pressure for me is the work of ideological management, resolving relationships and regimes, ensuring compliance with regulations and flexibility in each case, avoiding unexpected problems. In addition, the command style must be both resolute and gentle; the comments, reminders, and corrections of subordinates must be very skillful, convincing, and create closeness among the comrades”.

The General Staff of the 4th Corps (now the 34th Corps) organized a seminar for young professional officers and soldiers.

Through practical research, it is found that, in addition to the direct management of troops under his command, the frequent participation in competitions, sports events, and carrying out unexpected tasks makes the platoon leader always in a state of urgency, often having to stay up late to work. As in the case of Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Duc Minh, Platoon Leader of Platoon 2, Company 8, Battalion 5, Regiment 2, Division 9 (Corps 34), arranging time reasonably and ensuring good completion of tasks is the top priority. Every day, he sticks with the troops in all activities, after finishing training, he maintains the preservation of weapons and equipment, conducts increased production, and participates in organizational activities in the evening. Writing lesson plans, approving lesson plans, registering statistical books, etc. are all done by him during breaks and days off. In addition to the above tasks, in practice, there are many situations in troop management that require the platoon leader to directly resolve, such as: Troops with psychological, emotional, health problems, violations of unit regulations, slow progress in training...

Timely care and sharing

To help the platoon leaders fulfill their tasks well, feel secure, promote their youth, and contribute to building the unit, we know that in the past, the General Staff of the 34th Corps has had many practical and effective solutions such as: Regularly organizing seminars for young officers and soldiers; promoting the role of psychological and legal counseling teams; prioritizing rewards for platoon officers; developing regulations on vacation, weekend leave, and appropriate time off so that the platoon leaders have more time to take care of the rear...

Colonel Dinh Quang Chuong, Chief of Political Affairs of the 34th Corps General Staff, said: “Our platoon cadres all belong to military units, so they have more characteristics than infantry units. Therefore, we pay special attention, encourage, and promptly orient the ideology of platoon leaders in many ways, including requiring company cadres to share and closely help platoon leaders, especially caring for and creating conditions for platoon leaders to build families and take care of the rear. Thanks to that, the platoon cadres in the unit are all mentally secure, completing their tasks well, and the quality of troop training is constantly improving.”

Along with the concern and sharing of superiors, according to Colonel Vo Phuoc Vy, Deputy Chief of Politics of the 34th Corps, each platoon officer needs to have measures to "self-control" pressure, stress, and anxiety at work. In particular, it is necessary to make efforts, promote youth, enthusiasm, proactively arrange work scientifically, and avoid the situation of "running after work". When there are difficulties and problems in tasks as well as in ideology, psychology, health, and family life, the platoon leader needs to boldly report and share with superiors, first of all the Party cell and the company command to promptly resolve them.

Article and photos: LUONG ANH

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